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Abaft :: Abaft (prep.) Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse..

Breech :: Breech (n.) The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil..

Backward :: Backward (n.) The state behind or past.

Skimmington :: Skimmington (n.) A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England..

Train :: Train (v.) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.

Countermure :: Countermure (v. t.) To fortify with a wall behind another wall.

Coffer :: Coffer (v. t.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering..

Boost :: Boost (n.) A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help..

Backing :: Backing (n.) That which is behind, and forms the back of, anything, usually giving strength or stability..

Trail :: Trail (n.) Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train.

From :: From (prep.) Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the occasion, out of

Buttock :: Buttock (n.) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern..

Saddlecloth :: Saddlecloth (n.) A cloth under a saddle, and extending out behind; a housing..

Regardant :: Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.

Touchdown :: Touchdown (n.) The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal .

Catcher :: Catcher (n.) The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball.

Fore :: Fore (adv.) In the part that precedes or goes first; -- opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc..

Break :: Break (v. t.) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind..

Prisage :: Prisage (n.) A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more, -- one before and one behind the mast. By charter of Edward I. butlerage was substituted for this..

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